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University
Saturday, Oct. 12
■ University police arrested Jason
Wayne Batten, 29, of 1324 Exchange
Place in Durham at 7:12 p.m. on charges
of driving while impaired, reports state.
Batten was observed driving a pas
senger car with an expired license plate,
reports state, and was determined to be
impaired after sobriety tests were con
ducted. Police arrested Batten and took
him to the Chapel Hill Police
Department, where he submitted to an
Intoxilyzer test. Batten registered a .05
blood alcohol level, and there was no
probable cause found by the magistrate,
reports state.
Batten was released on a written
promise to appear in Orange County
District Court in Chapel Hill on Dec. 11
on the charge for the expired license
plate, reports state.
■ University police responded to a
disturbance in Morrison Residence Hall
at 4:07 p.m., reports state. A UNC stu
dent had been yelling loudly from the
ninth floor balcony of Morrison. The
resident assistant asked the student to be
quiet, reports state, and the student
began to yell at her. The student told
police he had been drinking earlier that
day, reports state.
City
Monday, Oct. 14
■ UNC housekeeper Artis Swann,
47, of 2300 Gemena Road was arrested
at 12:13 a.m. at 210 Mitchell Lane,
reports state. Swann was charged with
one count of felony possession of crack
cocaine, one count of misdemeanor
breaking and entering and one count of
misdemeanor possession of drug para
phernalia, reports state.
Swann was released on a written
promise to appear in court, reports
state. His trial is set for Dec. 16 at the
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough, reports state.
Sunday, Oct. 13
■ Chapel Hill police responded to a
report of indecent exposure at 5 p.m.,
reports state.
The subjects were performing sexual
acts in an alley behind the 100 block of
North Columbia Street, and no arrests
were made, reports state.
Saturday, Oct. 12
■ Chapel Hill police responded to
an assault on a female call at an apart
ment on Booker Creek Road at 2:17
a.m., reports state.
Justin Michael Moore, 21, of Apt. B
-15, 2525 Booker Creek Road, was
arrested at 3 a.m., reports state, and was
charged with one count of misde
meanor assault on a female.
Reports state that Moore punched
the victim, who then threw a glass at
him. Alcohol and/or drugs were
involved in the incident, reports state.
Moore was confined at 4:10 a.m. to the
Orange County Jail, reports state.
Moore’s trial was set for Nov. 4 at the
Orange County District Court in
Hillsborough, reports state.
■ Fernando Herrera Ruiz, 41, of 408
Mitchell Lane was arrested at 1:18 a.m.
on the 300 block of West Rosemary
Street, reports state.
Reports state that Ruiz was charged
with one felony count of possession of
crack cocaine and one misdemeanor
count of possession of marijuana. At the
time of his arrest, Ruiz had one gram of
marijuana and one gram of crack
cocaine, reports state.
Ruiz was released from the Orange
County Jail on a S3OO secured bond.
His first court appearance was set for
Monday at the Orange County District
Court in Hillsborough.
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Congress Sees Larger Budget, Lower Demand
By Kemp Baldwin
Staff Writer
Even though Student Congress has a
larger budget than usual, student orga
nization aren’t asking for as much fund
ing.
At the beginning of this semester,
Congress had more than $28,500 in its
budget for subsequent appropriation
Boone Offers Natural Fun for Break
Outdoor adventure, fall
beauty can be found
By Joshua D'Agostino
Staff Writer
As summer changes to fall there is a cooler
breeze, colorful leaves and the smell of a camp
fire wisping through the air.
Boone is one of the state’s most scenic small
towns, where all the beauties of fall are preva
lent. The town offers all of the outdoor adven
tures associated with mountain life - rock climb
ing, hiking and white-water rafting.
“I moved here from Florida just for the climb
ing,” said lan Hazelwood, employee of Rock and
Roll Sports, a sports equipment store in Boone.
“There are around five or six main areas for
climbing, each with well over 100 problems for
the climber and boulderer to solve,” he said.
Boone’s popularity for climbing can be under
stood by a glance at the parking lot below Table
Rock, a popular climbing destination. Cars bear
ing license plates from Florida, Colorado, Georgia,
Arizona, Utah and many other states can be seen.
“It’s my favorite place on earth to climb,” said
Robby Thigpen, an anthropology major at
Appalachian State University. “It’s beautiful and
perfect in nature, and anyone who visits will get
a feeling of that.”
Boone also is one of the most popular sights
in the country for white water rafting.
The Nolichucky River is ranked as one of the
top rivers in the country, offering 11 miles of
spectacular scenery. White-water rivers include
the Watauga River, the Doe River, Wilson Creek
and the New River, providing enough water to
challenge beginners and experts alike.
Wahoo’s Adventures, on U.S. 321, offers
white-water rafting adventures ranging from $44
to $230, with group rates available for about
S3O. It can be reached at (800) 444-RAFT.
But enjoying Boone’s outdoor activities also
can be free.
“My favorite place to hike is the (Blue Ridge)
Parkway or Grandfather Mountain,” said Casey
Gofs, a student at ASU. “It’s also a lot of fun to
go diving off Trash Can Falls and swimming in
the pools below.”
Hiking trails at Grandfather Mountain include
many moderate to strenuous trails, such as Green
Knob Trail, a 2.3 mile trail; Boone Fork Trail, a
4.9 mile trail; and Tanawha Trail, a 13.5 mile trail.
For a delicious dinner after a day of outdoor
adventures, Hazelwood suggests Macado’s, a
favorite college spot located on King Street
downtown. “You can grab a great sandwich for a
really good price, and the place is always packed
with the excitement of a lot of college students,”
he said.
Thigpen recommends the Beans Talk, also
located on King Street, for coffee in a warm
atmosphere. “It’s a cool place to grab coffee and
Actors' Intensity Boosts 'Marvin's Room'
By Caroline Lindsey
Staff Writer
Life is short. And the age-old ques
tion of how life should be lived has
spawned myriad answers and theories.
Playwright Scott
McPherson’s
“Marvin’s Room”
is one take on the
question.
Being present
ed at the Elizabeth
"Marvin's Room"
Lab! Theatre
Sunday, Oct. 13
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Price Kenan Theatre by Lab! Theatre
under director Adam Farabee, the play
explores life and death with poignancy
funding, which is more than double the
amount it had last semester.
The money Congress appropriates
comes from the student activity fees paid
by students each semester. Subsequent
appropriations are funds given on a
request basis, often to pay for events not
previously planned, such as speakers.
Speaker Tony Larson said that, per
semester, undergraduate students pay
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Robby Thigpen, an anthropology major at Appalachian State University, climbs
Table Rock Mountain, a popular site for climbing in Boone.
talk with friends or read a book,” he said.
Though Boone has many hotels, many say the
scenery is best experienced in a tent.
Camping is a way to get a break from campus
life - it’s a chance that doesn’t come up often in
the noisy dance floors of clubs or in line for the
keg at parties.
“(Camping) just makes you feel a lot closer to
friends than you usually do on a typical week
end,” said UNC-Chapel Hill sophomorejames
Farmer.
And finding camping spots in Boone presents
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and humor.
Meandering in and out of human suf
fering by way of dark comedy, the script
is difficult by nature. But the all-student
cast and crew, who have spent almost two
months working on the play, have near
ly mastered the conflicting qualities of the
script and complexity of the characters.
Melissa Egan stars as Bessie, a mid
dle-aged woman who has spent her life
caring for her invalid father, Marvin,
and crippled aunt Ruth. Bessie’s diag
nosis of leukemia spawns a visit from
her sister, Lee (Alison Carey), a single
mother who hasn’t spoken with Bessie
in 20 years.
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$11.50 in student activity fees and that
graduate students pay $9.50. Eighty per
cent of the money allocated to Congress
- more than $ 190,000 last year - is given
out in its annual budget each February.
Larson said one reason Congress has
more money to give out this year is
because its budget was larger than
expected. He said Congress estimates
the amount of money it will get from
With Lee come her two sons, Hank
(Scott Price) and Charlie (Eric Gerdts).
Hank is an angst-ridden teenager who
spends his days in a mental institution
after he burned down his house.
The strained relationships between
Lee and Bessie and between Lee and
Hank generate massive tension, and this
is thoroughly portrayed by the actors.
Egan, whose face remains loaded
with emotion throughout the play’s
entirety, effectively captures Bessie’s
frustration and fear.
And Lee’s transition from the nervous,
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fees for its budget because it changes
each semester with the number of stu
dents attending UNC.
“We have to guess each year. It comes
out that this year that we guessed a little
low,” Larson said. This allowed
Congress to allocate more funds for the
subsequent appropriations budget.
Student groups have not responded
to the larger budget with more requests.
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Congress has spent $4,988.99 this
semester while it spent $7,415.29 in the
same period last year.
Larson said that he is disappointed the
money isn’t being spent and that groups
should take advantage of the money
their members paid in activities fees.
Student Body Treasurer Michael
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Judicial
Processes
To Change
Committee submits
report to chancellor
By Brian Hudson
Staff Writer
Members of the Committee on
Student Conduct demonstrated their
progress and outlined future goals to
Chancellor James Moeser last week.
As requested by Moeser, COSC sub
mitted a preliminary report indicating
the process it will use to address the rec
ommendations of the Task Force on
Studentjudicial Processes.
Earlier this year, that task force was
formed to study the University’s judicial
system and suggest changes to make it
more efficient.
After the study was published,
COSC was called to evaluate the con
clusions and suggestions made by the
task force.
“Members of COSC have carefully
studied the task force report, including
its specific recommendations, as well as
underlying themes,” Chairwoman
Judith Wegner wrote in a letter to
Moeser.
The committee also was asked to
submit a final report advising Moeser.
“The report that will be handed in
Dec. 1 will be our final recommenda
tion as to how to apply the task force
report,” said Student Body Vice
President Aaron Hiller, one of the six
student members of COSC.
One of the recommendations that is
under consideration by COSC mem
bers is the possible change in the bur
den of proof for academic integrity and
student conduct cases.
The burden would be changed from
“beyond a reasonable doubt” to a more
lax standard of “clear and convincing
evidence.”
“Part of the argument for the change
(of the burden of proof) is that this is not
a criminal court, it isn’t the person’s
freedom we are taking about,” Hiller
said. “We’re talking about the privilege
for them to attend a public university.”
In addition, the task force proposed
that anew grade be added. “XF” would
indicate a failure in a class due to acad
emic sanctions.
According to COSC’s preliminary
report, the task force recommended that
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